Small Firms and Superfund: Assessing the Impact

While all firms experience varying degrees of difficulty in complying with environmental regulations, small firms have their own set of special problems in dealing with environmental compliance. The lack of legal and engineering staffs, the management structure, and a high cost per unit of production to comply with environmental regulations implies a diversion of a small firm’s limited resources to formulating a cost effective response to the rapidly changing landscape of environmental regulations. The cornerstone of the shifting focus towards hazardous waste regulation, in terms of both actual and potential impacts, is the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, commonly referred to as Superfund. Given the unique liability features of Superfund, the objective of this research is to assess the impact of Superfund liability on the ability of small firms to raise capital, invest in plant and equipment, and to continue their role as the principal job generating segment of the U.S. economy

The Ursinus Weekly, May 15, 1950

Cinderella to be crowned at frosh-sponsored dance • Bomberger elected by future seniors as class president • Queen Doris Neill reigns over May Day pageant • WAA gives awards and installs officers • Curtain Club to give three-act drama tomorrow evening in Bomberger Hall • WSGA plans banquet for women students • Y groups feature discussion of gripes • Thespians score hit with Junior Miss • Church film strip to be shown Wednesday evening in Pfahler • T-G Gym custodian has variety of duties • Bruin nine runs rampant; win streak reaches four • Softball team tops Beaver, Bryn Mawr • Ursinus drops pair of tennis contests • Coed tennis squad splits two matches • Inter-frat track meet to be held on Thursday • Binder retains MAC title; wins century third year • Binder and Turner lead cinder squad in triangular meet • Linksmen top Moravian after losing to Fords • Library announces recent acquisitionshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1593/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, January 15, 1951

Dean\u27s Office announces list of February graduates • Rice tells group democracies must unite in federation • YM-YW cabinet plans February 10th retreat • Thespians to give one-act play as February 6 group production • Debaters meet LaSalle • Weekly staff reshuffled, enlarged by Board • MSGA hands down judicial decisions at special meeting • New concessions given Ruby, Norris Cleaners • Council to hold Lorelei; Negotiating Leigh\u27s return • Morrison reviews food situation with student councils • Ruby to assess groups • Dr. McClure attends educational meeting • Lantern announces deadline • Busy Jill-of-all-trades helps seven bosses • Course evaluation sheds illumination and shows discrimination • Late PMC splurge tops fired-up Grizzlies, 78-73 • Injury-riddled mat squad sustains pair of setbacks • Bruins nip Fords 62-61 with last minute rally • Girls\u27 basketball squad opens season against Bryn Mawr girls • Chess club winshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1557/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, February 20, 1950

Yearbook to stage Horror, inc. night in week campaign • Fraternities welcome 67 as rushing season ends • Organization join to send assistance for schools abroad • Y chats to discuss U.S. foreign policy; Religion week near • Seniors head cast for Dream waltz , Straus\u27 music show • WAA femmes plan night of minstrelsy, comedy and music • Dean\u27s men capture bitter 110-97 victory over busy b-listers • Thespians to enter Junior miss trials for May production • Dr. White narrates Color Day history; reviews progress of Ursinus women • Women to sponsor Senator Wood here • Miller takes leave for speaking tour • March 14 to close \u2750 pageant contest • Varsity Club men initiate new attendance regulation • Boswell, Chandler to take sides in debate on economic situation • Economics to see twenty-year slump, thanks to Roberts • Tony adds ltalian zest to Ursinus dining fare • Forum speaker urges return to verse, reconciliation of all people with poets • Derrites formulate unique mental law as result of finals • \u2751ers\u27 harmony to vie with college foursomes • Bruins yield 65-49 to league leaders; Forsyth gets honor • Belles down Albright for first win 38-31 • Second loss comes to badminton team • Courtmen divide tilts over busy week-end • Bruin grapplers continue long undefeated record • Jayvees drop two after Delaware win • Garnet gets 38-19 victory over Ursinus tank team • Lassies lose 37-26; rally gives margin to Immaculata gals • Meistersingers group sings in Lebanon and Springfield • March of Dimes receives poor campus total of $27https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1584/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 16, 1950

Ruby to give original show November 10 • Doctor to present pre-med program • Chi Alpha to discuss revision of pre-theo studies Tuesday • Lantern staff announced • Frosh present talent and variety show as highlight of new customs system • Sixty attend retreat at Camp Fernbrook • Men\u27s Student Council revises customs, punishes offenders • College to confer degrees at annual Founders Day • Reception in gym to be inaugurated Old Timers Day • WAA organizes sales, discusses constitution • Czech exile to talk at Forum Tuesday • Gottshall named president of Beardwood Chemical Society • Dolman to present reading • Editorial: To be, or not to be - exemplary • Dr. Garrett relates experiences of trip • Lukens works on antique cars • What is your opinion of customs? • Flickingers confuse Ursinus students, but twins, unperplexed, see eye to eye • Twenty-three attend meeting of political action commission • Kershner writes treatise on Hodgson, world-famous poet recluse of Ohio • Saturday\u27s game gives fans opportunity to observe old time college football • Ashenfelter trains with Bruin runners • Booters suffer 3-1 loss to Muhlenberg; Light scores lone tally for Bears • Keyser elected captain of 1950 hockey squad • Dickinson hands Bruins third straight loss, 39-6 • Debaters schedule public engagementshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1548/thumbnail.jp

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 43, No. 2

• The America\u27s Industrial Heritage Project: A Model for Cultural Tourism • The Harmonists are Waiting for You • The Quest for Authenticity in Tourism and Folklife Studies • Tourism and the Old Order Amish • The Log Cabin: Notes on its Structure and Dissemination • On the Making of Die Union Choral Harmonie (1833): Evidence from Henry C. Eyer\u27s Working Papers • In Memoriam: Paul R. Wieand, a True Artisthttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/pafolklifemag/1139/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, April 24, 1950

Scientists to participate in Y panel discussion • Soire musicale given as French club feature • Seven juniors honored by Cub and Key society • Forum presents prominent explorer in Pfahler talk • Miller reigns as queen at annual junior prom • Ticket sales begin for spring comedy • Pre-legal society to elect officers • Senator Ruth speaks to two Y commissions • Ursinus graduate speaks at Sunday night vespers • Phillips to attend inauguration • Debaters finish season • French theme prevails as sophs sponsor dance • Meistersingers give concert • Bermuda attracts student during spring vacation • CBS offers awards for student-written television scripts • Theater -- The Member of the wedding • Mrs. DuPont wins tennis exhibition • Court team romps to easy 8-1 victory over druggist club • Track team loses 93-33 in first meet of season • Diamond nine gains split with two league rivals • Softball loop opens intramural rivalry • Bryn Mawr wins 4-1 in tennis opener • State Department offers new training program • Rathbone to speak in Philadelphia orchestra concerthttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1590/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, January 16, 1950

Poet Davison to appear at third Ursinus forum • Thirty-one make up semester grad list, largest at Ursinus • Coeds plan field day with Lorelei at hand • Y students journey for week-end work in negro slum area • Dr. High discusses facts of allergies for pre-med group • Campus agent plans Chesterfield series • Gals! Write pageant for fame, fortune, and fifteen dollars • WSGA names group to revise customs • Photographer films So much to be done • Student leaders complete schedule for second term • Myk enjoys life here; Admires labs, libraries • Frosh face finals • Bruin matmen garner eighth in win record • Grid lettermen pick Don Young to lead squad next season • Courtmen suffer defeat after edging Textile five • League games start in interdorm circuit • Coed athletes await opening of rosters with second termhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1582/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, December 11, 1950

Jeckely calls for resistance to communism • Sheeder talks at Trinity • Juniors choose 1952 Ruby heads • Chaplain to conduct communion • Y group discusses Atlantic Union plan • Red Cross unit plays host to area chapters • Snow Ball opens Fall social season • Students, faculty give blood to Red Cross • Three seniors admitted to dramatic honor frat • Former Ursinus coach dies in auto accident • Over 200 combine to present annual Messiah production • Only memories and souvenirs remain of seniors\u27 colorful formal dance • Warren W. Walters is the official engineer, the man-on-the-spot when trouble arises • French Club holds annual Xmas party • Nachrichten Deutschen Verein • Mack re-elected • Frosberg announces jobs open to grads • Commercialized Christmas forms basis of writer\u27s satire on holiday theme • Storm plays havoc on Ursinus campus • Library has tea • Bears win second 67-38 over Temple Pharmacy • Matmen work out for coming season • Grizzlies whip Crusaders 102-71 as records fall: Bears\u27 fiery attack breaks team mark after absorbing setback by Lycoming • Girls elect Keyser basketball captain • Hooper elected as 1951 hockey captain • Derago leads district scoring; Seibel fourth • Banquet, dance to top pre-holiday festivities • Chess team wins • Thirty couples enjoy reopening of Cafe Pigalle on Saturday • Y conducts Xmas vespers • German Club fetes • Duryea holds tea • Sophs pick committee to decorate at banquet • Lit reading to be held Tuesday • Glessner addresses guildhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1555/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, January 8, 1951

Group attends NSA meeting during holiday • French Club conducts meeting and lists plans • Final examinations to continue January 18-26; Schedule posted • Chess Club to play • Rice to give talk on Atlantic Union • Sophomore class to sponsor square dance Friday night • President McClure issues statement on present draft situation at Ursinus • College offers new two-term Summer school • Graduate featured in magazine story • Curtain Club announces next group production • Students participate in television show • Forty attend Philly luncheon of Ursinus Women\u27s Club • New Rosicrucians feted • Miller appears on Quaker City TV University • Ursinus grad to hold state executive office • Opinions on Korea: Ursinus representatives speak their minds • Double-duty secretary gowns directors for processions, manages switchboard • Downpour predicted; Waterproof notes, dry textbooks, precautions prescribed • Prognostication shows alteration of future strife in college life • Bears upset F&M 73-55 in pre-holiday thriller • Grapplers win opener over Muhlenberg, 23-9 • Grizzlies absorb second cage loss to Pharmacy five • Bruins top Drexel 80-74 in initial league contest • Trials highlight MSGA pre-vacation meetinghttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1556/thumbnail.jp